Thanksgiving is right around the corner and what better way to celebrate than with a handmade craft! Create lasting memories with your family this season by making this adorable DIY handprint turkey potholder!
If gifting it to someone for the season, throw in some cooking utensils and a cookbook for them to enjoy as well!
Craft Supplies:
- Fabric Potholder
- Fabric Paint
- Paint Brushes
- Baby Wipes
- Small Paper Plate
- Trash Bags/Newspapers
Directions:
- First lay your potholder on a flat surface, on top of some clean, trash bags or newspapers. This is to protect your work surface!
- Pick a hand – any hand.
- Squirt some paint on your paper plate.
- Paint the palm of your child’s hand completely with the fabric paint.
- Working fast, press down the WET painted hand, in the center of the potholder. Really squish down each finger and give them a wiggle so the paint transfers.
- Now carefully lift up the hand to reveal the handprint design underneath.
- Go ahead and use baby wipes {and a quick trip to the sink} to clean off excess paint from their hand.
- Next up – grab your remaining paint and draw on turkey embellishments on the painted handprint design, to give it life!
- Once done, let the paint dry completely before using or storing your potholder!
{I recommend hand-washing these so they are good to go for years to come!}
RELATED —> Handprint Christmas Napkins
You can also do this idea with large cloth napkins instead!!! Just follow the same steps above but be sure to lay out your napkins on a flat surface, so the paint doesn’t bleed through to the other side.
